The Cherokee Trail
A Novel
Book - 2012
Random House, Inc.
Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, she must make a living running a stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming. After being forced to fire the previous station manager with the aid of a bullwhip, Mary must track down stolen horses, defend against Indians, care for a wayward boy, and protect herself and her daughter from Jason Flandrau, a man determined to become governor of the Colorado Territory but who is also the ruthless war criminal who murdered Mary’s husband.
Baker & Taylor
Attempting to run a stagecoach station on the perilous Cherokee Trail, widow Mary Breydon vows to survive and forge a new life for her daughter and herself, and she is aided by a mysterious gunman. Reissue.
Baker
& Taylor
Following the brutal murder of her husband, Mary Breydon takes over the management of a remote stagecoach station in Colorado that is plagued by bandits and Indian raids.
Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, she must make a living running a stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming. After being forced to fire the previous station manager with the aid of a bullwhip, Mary must track down stolen horses, defend against Indians, care for a wayward boy, and protect herself and her daughter from Jason Flandrau, a man determined to become governor of the Colorado Territory but who is also the ruthless war criminal who murdered Mary’s husband.
Baker & Taylor
Attempting to run a stagecoach station on the perilous Cherokee Trail, widow Mary Breydon vows to survive and forge a new life for her daughter and herself, and she is aided by a mysterious gunman. Reissue.
Baker
& Taylor
Following the brutal murder of her husband, Mary Breydon takes over the management of a remote stagecoach station in Colorado that is plagued by bandits and Indian raids.
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Publisher:
New York : Bantam Books, 2012, c1982
ISBN:
9780553270471
Branch Call Number:
PB WESTERN LAM
Characteristics:
222 p. :,map ;,18 cm.
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Add a CommentYou can't go wrong with a Louis L'Amour book, but this is my favorite. Two strong women run a stage station with all the hard work and dangers involved. L'Amour isn't afraid to have women as lead characters without having to have men leading them on. A book to be read over and over.